tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post4017865950584171236..comments2017-12-13T20:47:32.016-05:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: FRIDAY, Feb. 16, 2007 - Charles BaraschRex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-37845666364493763102008-05-14T21:03:00.000-04:002008-05-14T21:03:00.000-04:00It took a while to get ARMAS AHERNE AUBE ABNER ASH...It took a while to get ARMAS AHERNE AUBE ABNER ASHLAND. <BR/>I didn't like RECAP REASK REORDER. REpetition!!<BR/>This took a little longer than my usual Friday time.<BR/>I liked JAMSESSION.Charlie Rousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-15333155070872834252007-03-30T22:22:00.000-04:002007-03-30T22:22:00.000-04:00I got this puzzle with no help (e.g. google, dicti...I got this puzzle with no help (e.g. google, dictionary, etc.) but it took a while. My wife confirmed spanish bears as osas but I had it right. I got prisoner of zenda and cast of thousands early but thrilla ... took longer. My error/hangup was the same as rex's setase for setose. I'm 20+ years older and I've heard of aherne but not rainer/olan. This was a hard friday puzzle. Last week's was easier!jaenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-61354287868700048582007-03-30T12:53:00.000-04:002007-03-30T12:53:00.000-04:00haha. ABNER haynes! he was my hero when i was abou...haha. ABNER haynes! he was my hero when i was about FIVE TO TEN.rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044619147561532271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54253208707204978362007-02-16T23:02:00.000-05:002007-02-16T23:02:00.000-05:00grrrrr, footballer is just about universally meant...grrrrr, footballer is just about universally meant to mean a soccer (or rest of the world football) player, not an American football player. <BR/><BR/>I'm sort of amazed I even finished this puzzled (with extensive help from my good friends google, wikipedia, and the oed).Corinnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-2958042119555517472007-02-16T22:08:00.000-05:002007-02-16T22:08:00.000-05:00OLAN is actually O-lan, as far as the character's ...OLAN is actually O-lan, as far as the character's spelling is concerned. I liked that book as a child, for some reason. Very exotic at the time.<BR/><BR/>Rex, for your research on French rivers and their "feeders," the following site is unusually well organized, I thought:<BR/>www.answers.com/topic/list-of-rivers-of-franceWendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-80222033945251479752007-02-16T19:40:00.000-05:002007-02-16T19:40:00.000-05:00glassine is used often used in the storage and pro...glassine is used often used in the storage and protection of fine art...i actually use it often and did not know that was how it was spelt (i thought it was glycine). huh. great great blog. thank you.victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794030386766164238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-21382983813655157452007-02-16T19:12:00.000-05:002007-02-16T19:12:00.000-05:00This one was slow coming together for me.OLAN is a...This one was slow coming together for me.<BR/><BR/>OLAN is a past near-pantheon word, but it took me forever to get it because it is usually clued along the lines of "Pearl S Buck heroine" and because I've never heard of SETOSE. "The Good Earth" was one of those books students had to read in the 60's and 70's, usually in about 8th grade, after you'd graduated from "The Outsiders." <BR/><BR/>Since I'm from the Twin Cities, also had OLIVA in for 25 down for the longest time.C zarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12893340048068815126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-74374255759533997142007-02-16T17:53:00.000-05:002007-02-16T17:53:00.000-05:0035 is in the ballpark.Is the George Sanders of whi...35 is in the ballpark.<BR/><BR/>Is the George Sanders of which you speak THIS guy? <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001695/bio" REL="nofollow">http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001695/bio</A> <BR/><BR/>Looks like it. I own two books by him! They were both ghost-written. By women.<BR/><BR/>RPRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-68568787607968124282007-02-16T17:38:00.000-05:002007-02-16T17:38:00.000-05:00Thank you, Andrew! Rex insulted me (and all Boome...Thank you, Andrew! Rex insulted me (and all Boomers!) in the blog of today's syndicated puzzle (January 5). I'm trying to figure out an emoticon that says smile while sticking tongue out. How's this? ;p<BR/><BR/>Sorry, r.cane -- I'm almost 20 years beyond your Rex-guess, and I'd never heard of Aherne or Rainer.Linda Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816794362786044423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-13431120083456827852007-02-16T14:53:00.000-05:002007-02-16T14:53:00.000-05:0035?! HA ha, you flatter him!Jasper!35?! HA ha, you flatter him!<BR/><BR/>Jasper!AndrewSimpsonsMath.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-75636875917002937182007-02-16T11:57:00.000-05:002007-02-16T11:57:00.000-05:00Your age is coming into focus -- about 35? Brian ...Your age is coming into focus -- about 35? Brian Aherne was a very fine and popular actor in the 30's and 40's. Luise Rainer who is still alive and kicking at the good age of 97 retired from films at the advice of her husband Clifford Odets after she won her two Oscars, but made an appearance in a film in the 1990's. OLAN and AHERNE were near pantheonish in crosswords no more than ten years ago when dear Brian Aherne (often cued both ways) died of heart failure at the age of 84 -- incidentally, his good friend George Sanders (ever hear of him?) left a wonderful suicide note: "Dear World: I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck." He married four times, two of them to Gabor sisters, Magda and Zsa Zsa (cue that!) -- fear not, the world of crosswords will fill you with STRANGEGOINGSONs by a CASTOFTHOUSANDS even to a THRILLAINMANILA with a PRISONEROFZENDA!<BR/><BR/>Oh, what's with a Red Sox fan living in western New York state?R. Canenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-44415082595131390542007-02-16T09:26:00.000-05:002007-02-16T09:26:00.000-05:00Did somebody say "Thriller"?Did somebody say <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=OPmYbP0F4Zw" REL="nofollow">"Thriller"</A>?Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17559144141235215318noreply@blogger.com